Seven Appointed To Advisory Board

July 17, 1985|By Steven Girardi, Staff Writer

FORT LAUDERDALE****CORRECTION PUBLISHED ON JULY 18, 1985, — Two former City Commission candidates, two homeowners association presidents, a businessman and an adult-education coordinator were among seven people appointed Tuesday as the first members of the city`s Northwest Area Advisory Board.

Art Kennedy, instrumental in persuading the city to form the panel, was named by city commissioners as the seventh and non-voting member.

Kennedy, who headed the Northwest Community Leaders Subcommittee, lives outside the city`s limits and was not eligible to serve as a voting member.

Commissioners also finalized the creation of the board, which will address problems of the northwest area, west of Andrews Avenue and north of Broward Boulevard.

The appointees were: Marjorie A. Davis, president of the Dorsey Riverbend Homeowners Association; Evelyn J. Lewis, curriculum supervisor for home economics for vocational, technical and adult education; Leola McCoy, a former commission candidate and member of the city`s Parks and Recreation Board; Dennis Ulmer, president of the Lauderdale Manors Homeowners Association; Robert Jackson, president of Image Creative International Inc.; and Jack Freese, a real estate broker and former commission candidate.

In other business Tuesday, the commission:

** Rejected a plan by the Careless Navigator Lounge, 2775 E. Sunrise Blvd., to open an outdoor patio bar on the shore of the Intracoastal Waterway. The 600-square-foot expansion was approved 8-1 by the city`s Planning and Zoning Board, but commissioners voted 5-0 to reject it after neighbors complained about increased noise and litter the patio bar would bring.

** Agreed to exempt an attorney`s office, which was inadvertently annexed, from two years of property taxes to settle a suit filed against the city by the law firm.

Attorneys at Becker, Poliakoff & Streitfeld claimed their office in Cypress Creek Corporate Park, 6520 N. Andrews Ave., was annexed without their consent. City Attorney Donald Hall said the $11,000 the city would lose in property taxes and occupational license fees was less than the cost to pursue the lawsuit.